Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
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lived, it had been otherwise: but they are
both dead"
"How know you that lgnosi is deadp said
voice behind us. we looked round with
establishment to see who spoke. IL was Um-
bopa.
what meanest thou, boy?' asked Infa-
docs; who told thee to speak!'
Listen Infadoos,'' was the answer, ''and
will tell thee a story. Years ago the King
Imotu was killed in this country, and his
wife fled with the boy lgnosi. Is it not soy'
st is So"
1T was said that the woman and the boy
died upon the mountains. Is it not so.
1T is even So"
well, it came to pass that the mother and
the boy Ignosi did not die. They crossed
the mountains, and were led by tribe of
wandering desert men across the sands be-
yOnd, till at last they came to water and
grass and trees again"
How knowest thou that?'
Listen. They travelled on and or, many
months journey, till they reached a land
where people called the Amazulu, who
too are of the Kukuana stock, live by war,
and with them they tarried many years. till
at length the mother died. Then the son,
Ignosi, again became wanderer, and went
on into a land of wonders, where white peO-
pie live, and for many more years learned
the wisdom Of the white people"
at is pretty story" said lnfad0os, in
credulOusly.
"For many years he lived there working as
servant and a soldier. but holding in his
heart all that his mother had told him of his
own place, and casting about in his mind to
find how he might get back to see his own
people and his fathers house before he died.
For many years lie lived and waited, and 1t
last the time came, rs IL ever comes to hlm
who can wait for it, and lie met some white
men who would seek this unknown land,
and Joined himself to them. The white men
started and journeyed on and on, seeking
for one who is lost. They crossed the burn
ing desert they crossed the snow-clad noun
tains, and reached the land OF the KthIuanas.
| and there they met thee, g InfadOos"
''Surely thou are mad to talk thus, said
the astOnished cid soldier
Thou thinkcst SO; see, will show thee,
oh, my uncle. 1 am lgnosi, rightful king OF
| the Kuliuanasw
Then with a single motion he slipped of
| the 'mOOcha" or girdle around his middle,
and st0O naked before us.
Look" he said; what is this?' and he
pointed to the mark of great snake tat
! footed in blue round his middle, its tail dis.
appearing in its open mouth just above
where the thighs are set into the body.
Infadoos looked, his eyes starting nearly
out of his head, and then fell upon his knees.
"Koomi Eoom!' he calculated; sit is my
brothers son; it is the king"
! Did not tell thee 50, my uncle? Rise;
| am not yet the king, but with thy help, and
| with the help OF these brave white men, who
! are my friends, 1 shall be. But the Old wo
man Gagool WAS right the land shall run
with blood first, and hers shall run with it
| for she killed my father with her words, and
| drove my mother forth. And now mfa-
| docs, cnuoSc thou. wit thou put thy hands
| between IN. hands I'd he my mln? VIII
thou share the dangers that liz before me
! to overthrow this tyrlnt and murderer, Oh
wilt thou not? Choose thou"
The Old man put his hand to his head ant
thought. Then he rose, and advancing t
where Umbopl, or rather lgnOsi, stood, knel
before him and took his hand.
"lgnoSi, ri5EItful king of the Kukuanas,
put my hand between thy hands, and am til,
man till death. When thou vast 4 babe
banded thee upon my knee, now shall IN
old arm strike for thee and. freedom"
ut is well, lnfadOoS; if | conquer, thOl
shalt be the greatest man in the kingdom
after the king. If fail, thou canst only die
and death is not far off from thee. Rise, my
uncle"
And yc, white men, will we help me
What have | to offer We! The white stones
if conquer and can find them we shall hav
as MANY as We can carry hence Will tia
suffice YEP
| translated this remark
Tell him. answered Sir Henry, tina
lie mistakes an EnglShman. Wealth
| good, and ii it comes in our way we vii
take 1t; but a gentleman does not sell him
! self for wealth. But, speaking for myself,
| say this. l have always liked Umb0pa, an
so far as lies in me will stand by him in THU
| business. 1t will be very pleasant to me L
| try and square matters with that cruel dew
Iwala. What do you say, Good and you
Quatermain"'
We'll" said Good, TO adopt the languag,
| of hyperbole, in which all :hese people seen
| to Indulge, you can tell him that Il row i
surely good, and warns the cookies of tn,
| heart, and that SO far as | am concerned IN
his boy. My only stipulation is, that he al
lows me to wear trousers -
translated these answers.
1T is well, my friends" said IguosL lnl
umhopa; and what say you, Macumaz,hn
| art thou too with me, Old hunter clevere
| than a wounded butfalo?'
| thought while and scratched my head
"Umhopa, or lgnoSi," ! said, Il don't li1
| revolutions. am man of peace aud bill
| OF coward herc UmbOpa smiled, "but
| on the other hand stick 10 my friends, L.
| noSl. GU have stuck TO us and played tn,
| part OF man, and | will stick to YOU. Blu
| mind you | am trader. and have to max,
| my living, 50 | accept your offer abou
| those diamonds in case we should ever be il
| position to avail ourselves of it. Another
| thing, we came, as You know, to look fol
| lncuOu'S iSir lleury'S) lost brother YOU
must help us to find him."
That will do answered Ignosi. STAY
! lniadooS by the sign of the snake round M,
middle, tell me the truth. Has any white
man to thy knowledge set his foot within
the laud""
None, OH Ggnosi.'
III any white man has been seen or hcarl
of, wouldSt thou have known it,
Il should certainly have known"
Thou nearest lucubu," said Ignosi t,
Sir Henry, "hc has not been here"
well, we'll" said Sir Henry, with sigh:
there 1t Is; suppose he never got here
Poor fellow, poor tellnwl So it has all beer
for nothing. Gods Will be done"
Now tor business" | put It. anxious to
escape from painful subject 1T is all yer,
well to be 4 king Ivy right divine. Ignosi, but
how do you propose to be q king indeedY'
Nay, know not lnfadoos, hast thou a
pan""
'lgno>i, SON OF the lightning" answered
his uncle. tonight is the great dance ant
witch-hunt. Mny vii! b. Smellcd out anC
perish, and in the hearts of many other,
there will b. grief ami anguish and ange
against the king Twall. Wheit the dance is
over, then will speak TO some of the grea
chiefs, who in turn, il can win them over
shall speak 10 their regiments | shall speak
To the clActS softly at first and bring them Il
see that thou art indeed the king, and
think that by to-monow'S light thou shall
have twenty thousand spears at thy com
mlnd. And now must go and think. and
make ready. After the dance is done will
IL | am yet alive. meet thee here. and we
wiz talk. At the best there will be war;
At this moment our conference was inter
rupted by the cry that messengers. had come
from the king. Advancing to the door OF
the hut we ordered that they should be adj
mitted, AMI presently three men entered
each bearing shining shirt of chain armor
and magnificent battle-aX.
THE gifts of my lopl the king 10 tn,
white men from the StarSr' exclaimed .
herald who came with them.
We thank the king" answered, with
draw :"